Books by Cambodian authors, translated into English, that aren't about the Khmer Rouge

nerdlinger · Post by **nerdlinger** » Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:39 pm

Does any such thing exist?
Helps if they're available online.

siliconlife · Post by **siliconlife** » Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:57 pm

As far as I know, not so many as there is no market for them in Cambodia. https://www.khmertimeskh.com/26181/khme ... -dries-up/ Of the ones there are very few have English translations, and most are romance novels, like the works of Mao Somnang. There is some classical literature based on folktales like Tum Teav as well, which you can get in English. Tum Teav is... interesting, I suppose.

Edit: A link to Tum Teav https://sokheounpang.files.wordpress.co ... m-teav.pdf

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:56 pm

What are you looking for ? Fiction or non-fiction ?
I just went through the CEO Culture forum archives and found these:

Non-fiction
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cambodian-culture-and-language/tides-em ... 38736.html

Published in 1961 : cambodian-culture-and-language/new-sun- ... 35853.html

Maybe this one: cambodian-culture-and-language/cloak-go ... 34841.html (Some Khmer Rouge, but not just that, according to the review.)

Cambodian folk tales in English: http://chanbokeo.com/index.php?gcm=5411&gtop=5327

Cambodian woman author, and this is her fourth book (pub. 2017): cambodian-culture-and-language/young-kh ... 15728.html
Cambodian women's stories : cambodian-culture-and-language/diving-d ... 20307.html